By Wouter Poortinga, Professor of Environmental Psychology, Cardiff University
Despite growing concern about climate change, many countries have seen backlashes against certain environmental policies, often because they are seen as costly, restrictive or unfair.
In France, an attempt to introduce a fuel tax was shelved after the yellow vests protests. In Germany, a proposed gas boiler ban was watered down after…
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By Kamalan Jeevaratnam, Head of School of Veterinary Medicine, Professor in Clinical Physiology, University of Surrey
When elite athletes collapse, it makes headlines. But the same thing happens to racehorses far more often – and studying them could help save human lives.
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By Samuel Lellouch, Assistant Professor in Digital Twinning, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham
A US military space-plane, the X-37B orbital test vehicle, is due to embark on its eighth flight into space on August 21 2025. Much of what the X-37B does in space is secret. But it serves partly as a platform for cutting-edge experiments.
One of these experiments is a potential alternative to GPS that makes use of quantum science as a tool for navigation: a quantum inertial sensor.
Satellite-based systems like GPS are ubiquitous…
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By Tim Beasley-Murray, Associate Professor of European Thought and Culture, UCL
Donald Trump – who has spent at least 45 days of his presidency so far on the golf course – has once again been accused of cheating, and this time there is video evidence. Trump’s long history of golfing malpractice is well documented, not least in Rick Reilly’s Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump…
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By Byron Hyde, Philosopher of Science and Public Policy, University of Bristol, Honorary Research Associate, Bangor University
Being open and honest is meant to build trust in science but research suggests it can sometimes have the opposite effect.
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By Alper Kara, Head of Department of Economics, Finance & Accounting, Brunel University of London
The car finance scandal could have ended up costing UK banks and lenders up to £44 billion in compensation payments. But after the latest court ruling, the expected bill has been reduced to less than £18 billion.
That still counts…
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By Charlotte Sleigh, Associate Professor, Dept of Science & Technology Studies, UCL
Orwell wrote his short, shocking novel at a time when it was considered scientifically inadmissible for animals to be granted thoughts or even feelings.
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By Heidi Ashton, Associate professor, University of Warwick
If you’re a freelancer, you know there are many perks to how you make a living. For some, this includes being free to work when and how you please, setting your own rates, and being your own boss. But you also know there are downsides to this form of working life.
And if you’re plotting your path towards going freelance, you’ll want to consider both the good and the bad aspects.
While some people want to work on a freelance basis, others – by virtue…
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By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor, The Conversation
If you consider the history of Donald Trump’s public relationship with Vladimir Putin, you won’t be surprised that there’s a fair amount of concern in Ukraine and among Ukraine’s European allies at what might happen when the two meet in Alaska tomorrow for their summit.
While it’ll be their first face-to-face meeting of Trump’s second presidency, the pair has met previously on six occasions and, as we know, spoken fairly frequently over the phone.
The first face-to-face meeting was at the G20 summit in Hamburg in 2017, just months into Trump’s first term. The pair spent…
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By Michelle Bentley, Professor of International Relations, Royal Holloway University of London
Donald Trump will sit down with Vladimir Putin at a snap summit in Alaska on August 15 to discuss the war in Ukraine.
The American president has claimed it’s a victory his Russian counterpart is coming to the US at all. But hanging over the meeting is the fact Alaska was Russian until America acquired it in 1867, with the implicit message that territory does change hands from time to time.
The Alaska meeting is the latest in a series of US-backed attempts to end the war. Trump announced the summit…
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